thinner

English

Etymology

From thin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɪnə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: thĭnʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈθɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: thin‧ner

Adjective

thinner

1. comparative form of thin: more thin

Noun

thinner (plural thinners)

1. A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.

   Turpentine or mineral spirits can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.

2. Something that thins or thins out (another thing).

   Pomegranate juice and exercise are great natural blood thinners.

   The new type of mechanical thinner allowed thinning of peach blossoms to be completed earlier.

   A solid mane thinner is indispensable in finishing the looks of your horse.

Derived terms

• blood thinner
• paint thinner

Descendants

• → Turkish: tiner

Translations

liquid

• Bulgarian: разредител (bg) m (razreditel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天拿水 (tiānnáshuǐ)

• Czech: ředidlo (cs) n
• Finnish: ohennin, ohenne
• German: Verdünnungsmittel m, Verdünner (de) m, Verdünnung (de) f
• Indonesian: pengencer (id)
• Japanese: シンナー (ja) (shinnā)
• Russian: раствори́тель (ru) m (rastvorítelʹ)
• Turkish: tiner (tr)

something that thins

• Bulgarian: разредител (bg) m (razreditel)
• Finnish: ohennin, ohentaja, ohennusaine; harvennin, harventaja (fi)
• German: Verdünner (de) m
• Russian: разбави́тель (ru) m (razbavítelʹ), разжижи́тель (ru) m (razžižítelʹ), раствори́тель (ru) m (rastvorítelʹ)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English thinner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.nər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: thin‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɪnər

Noun

thinner m (uncountable)

1. paint thinner

Spanish

Alternative forms

• thiner, tíner, tíñer

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English thinner.

Noun

thinner m (plural thinners)

1. thinner, paint thinner

Usage notes

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “thinner”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English thinner. Attested since 1934.

Noun

thinner c

1. paint thinner

Declension

Declension of thinner

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	thinner	thinners
	definite	thinnern	thinnerns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• thinner in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• thinner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• thinner in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)